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First Mortgage Solutions appoints new compliance director

First Mortgage Solutions has announced the appointment of Jane Massie as its compliance director. Massie...

Legalisation and tax not denting landlord confidence

Optimism among landlords is increasing moderately, despite the introduction of higher Capital Gains Tax...

Paragon to migrate to new BTL origination platform

Paragon Bank has unveils its new buy-to-let mortgage origination platform, designed to provide an...

MT Finance makes senior hire for buy-to-let division

MT Finance Group has bolstered its buy-to-let division with the appointment of Raheel Butt...

LiveMore unveils trio of appointees

LiveMore has appointed two new key account managers for the North and Midlands, as...

Phoebus reduces its carbon footprint by almost 70%

Phoebus Software has cut its carbon footprint by 69% since 2021. The mortgages and savings...

Precise unveils developer exit and cuts bridging rates

Precise has reduced rates across its complete bridging range, as well as introducing a...

Good news for leasehold property owners

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has announced that the requirement for a flat or house...

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) reports record 12 months

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has revealed 2024 was the most successful year to date. The...

CA launches lender survey to gauge conveyancer views

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched its 2025 Lender Survey to get feedback on...

Countrywide Surveying Services appoints head of surveyor development

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has announced the promotion of Kate Marlow to head of...

North East is top region for HMO yields

Lendlord has published its first HMO Data Analysis Report, providing detailed insights into the...

Gatehouse Bank improves buy-to-let offering

Gatehouse Bank has introduced a series of changes to its range of buy-to-let purchase...

Aldermore funds four South West residential schemes

Aldermore has completed has provided a multi-million pound loan to Bathford Investments, which provided...
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Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

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Swap rates fall but funding risks remain, warns Moneyfacts

In a week that saw more than 20 lenders reduce their fixed mortgage rates,...
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Growing calls for government to overhaul Stamp Duty for FTBs

Mortgage industry figures are urging the government to review stamp duty for first-time buyers...
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L&G launches later life lending campaign

L&G has launched a later life lending campaign featuring short documentary-style films highlighting the...
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West Brom reduces rates by up to 0.18%

West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across its two-year fixed purchase mortgage range,...

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